Displaying All Posts Published in April 2009

Blogrolls, blogrolls, blogrolls. I realized over the weekend that the blogroll(s) on my site were wildly out of date — they reflected some great blogs…but not exactly the ones that I really follow and read most consistently these days. So, I updated that. But, in the process, I decided to …

I caught an NPR story about recovery.gov last week, and it sounded really promising. Depending on where you fall on the political spectrum, the various rounds of stimulus and bailout funding that have come through over the past six months fall somewhere between “throwing money away,” “ready, fire, aim,” and …

We had our monthly Web Analytics Wednesday meetup at Barley’s Smokehouse and Brewpub last week. Once again, the Web Analytics Wednesday Global Sponsors (Coremetrics, Web Analytics Demystified, and SiteSpect) sponsored the event, which is always appreciated! This month, in lieu of a formal topic, Dave Culbertson facilitated a round of …

I wrote a post last week about PowerPoint and how easy it is to use it carelessly — to just open it up and start dumping in a bunch of thoughts and then rearranging the slides. That post wound up being, largely, a big, fat nod to Garr Reynolds / …

In the interest of not messing with a good thing, we’re returning to Barley’s Smokehouse and Brewpub this month for our regular gathering of full-time, part-time, and just-generally-interested web analyst types. We had a great turnout last month, and we’re on pace to match that this month, which means we’re needing …

Slightly off-topic for this blog, and a little dated, but worth sharing nonetheless. During a discussion with a couple of my co-workers today, I made an observation about how my current company, as well as one of the major consulting firms we use, seem to really be in love with …